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Arts International 

Germany Says It Has Handed Over 14 Works From Gurlitt Trove

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
art, Germany, history, Nazi

German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven to have been looted under Nazi rule, the government said Wednesday.

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Appeals Government International 

Refugees Protected by UN Not Automatically Barred From Asylum in EU

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
Asylum, European Court of Justice, European Union, Germany, Palestine, refugees

The EU’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Germany must consider all factors that led a Palestinian refugee to seek asylum in the bloc, despite being eligible for United Nations protections, before turning him away.

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International Media Politics Technology 

Germany’s Merkel: Trump’s Twitter Eviction ‘Problematic’

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coup, Free Speech, Germany, Social Media, Twitter

German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s eviction from Twitter by the company “problematic,” her spokesman said Monday.

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Health Science 

Identical Twins Aren’t Perfect Clones, Research Shows

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
DNA, genetics, Germany, Research

Identical twins are not exactly genetically the same, new research shows.

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Entertainment Health International 

Road Rage in Berlin as Cyclists Clog Streets in Pandemic

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Berlin, Germany, traffic, transportation

It’s rush hour on a grey morning in Berlin and a stream of cyclists are gliding along Friedrichstrasse, the fabled shopping street that runs through the city center.

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Environment International 

Swan Late: Mourning Bird Holds Up German Trains

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
birds, Germany, railroad

A swan mourning the death of its companion on a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be removed by firefighters using special equipment, police said.

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International Media Technology 

German Regional Newspaper Group Hit by Cyberattack

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cyberattacks, Germany, Journalism

A regional newspaper group in Germany has become the target of a cyberattack, preventing it from publishing its regular editions Wednesday.

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Criminal International Religion Trials 

German Extremist Convicted of Murder After Synagogue Attack

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
anti-Semitism, Germany, murder, sentencing, verdict

A German court on Monday convicted a right-wing extremist of murder and attempted murder and sentenced him to life in prison for his attack on a synagogue last year on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day. He killed two people after he failed to gain entry to the building.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Rebuilt Prussian Palace, Scarred by History, Opens in Berlin

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Germany, history, museums, treasure

A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.

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Criminal International 

Possible Break in Theft of Canadian Gold Coin in Germany

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada, currency, Germany, Gold, jewelry, museums, theft

Berlin police raided homes and jewelry shops Wednesday on suspicion they could be connected to efforts to fence a massive 220-pound Canadian gold coin — piece by piece — that was stolen from a museum in the German capital.

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Economy Health International 

Job Fears Mount in Germany as Virus Closes Shops Again

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, Germany, Labor

New restrictions in Germany that will shutter most shops to curb the second coronavirus wave have raised fears of thousands of job losses, industry representatives said Tuesday.

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Health International Politics 

EU Regulators Move Up Pfizer Vaccine Assessment to Dec. 21

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, European Union, Germany, vaccines

Facing strong pressure from Germany and other European Union nations, the bloc’s medicines agency on Tuesday moved up a meeting to assess the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. 21, likely bringing vaccinations a step closer for millions of EU citizens.

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Civil Rights International Law Technology 

German Top Court Strikes Down Plank of Anti-Terror Law

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
digital data, Germany, Terrorism

Germany’s top court said on Friday it had struck down a key passage of an anti-terror law on data protection grounds, raising the bar for security services to swap information.4

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Business Energy International 

Building Resumes on German-Russian Pipeline Opposed by US

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
construction, Germany, Pipeline, Russia, Sanctions

Construction of a German-Russian pipeline that the United States has vehemently opposed resumed on Friday after nearly a year, the company building the pipeline said.

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Business International Media Technology 

German Regulators Launch New Facebook Investigation Over VR

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
antitrust, Facebook, gaming, Germany

German regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Facebook over the company’s decision to link its Oculus virtual reality products to the social network, authorities said.

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Government International Religion 

Bavaria to Leave Medieval Anti-Jewish Sculptures on Churches

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
anti-Semitism, artifacts, churches, Germany, history

Authorities, churches and Jewish communities in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria have agreed that anti-Semitic statues and carvings dating back to the Middle Ages shouldn’t be removed from churches, an official said Tuesday.

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Appeals Arts Civil Rights International 

High Court to Decide Whether Nazi Art Case Stays in US Court

December 5, 2020December 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
art, Germany, history, museums, Nazi, U.S. Supreme Court

Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.

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Entertainment International 

New Phallus Sculpture Appears in Bavarian Mountains

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
art, Germany, mountains

Just days after a large phallus sculpture mysteriously disappeared from a Bavarian mountainside, a similar wooden carving has appeared in its place, German news agency dpa reported Thursday.

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Criminal International 

German City Grieves After 5 Killed in Pedestrian Zone Attack

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, crash, Germany

Residents of Trier placed flowers and lit candles at the base of the southwestern German city’s landmark Roman gate Wednesday in tribute to the five people who were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a man sped an SUV through a central pedestrian zone. His motive remained unclear.

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Health International Religion 

76 Franciscan Nuns Test Positive at Monastery in Germany

December 1, 2020December 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Catholic, coronavirus, Germany

Seventy-six Catholic nuns have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Franciscan convent in northwestern Germany, church authorities said Tuesday.

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